My Father’s Scent” Teaser Releases, Ahead of its World Premiere in Warsaw, And Later Landfall in MENA at El Gouna

“By Ahmed Fawzy

Ahead of its anticipated world premiere at the 41st Warsaw International Film Festival within the competition, and later its Arab World premiere in the 8th El Gouna Film Festival’s competition, My Father’s Scent by M. Siam teaser trailer releases. The World Premiere will be held on October 11th with three other screenings scheduled within the festival, held from October 10th till the 19th. The film is set to release soon across theaters in the Arab region.
My Father’s Scent is a compelling family drama set during a long night where father and son are forced to sit with their memories, grievances and their idea of one another in an attempt to settle their scores and a trial to mend what time has broken. Starring Ahmed Malek (The Furnace), Kamel El Basha (The Insult) alongside Mayan El Sayed, Donia Maher, Hala Marzouk and Abed Anani.
Produced by Egyptian producer Mohamed Hefzy through his Film Clinic and M. Siam through ArtKhana. With Ingrid Lill Høgtun (Duo Film) , Fady Gamal Atallah (B-retta Film) and Guillaume de Seille (Arizona Films) on board as Co-producers. Supported by The Red Sea Fund, Sorfond Platform, The Norwegian South Film Fund, International Organisation of la Francophonie, Visions Sud Est, Doha Film Institute, Venice Film Festival’s Final Cut, El Gouna Film Festival’s Cinegouna platform, Malmö Co-production Platform, Swedish Film Institute, Karlovy Vary’s Eastern Promises and Cairo Film Festival’s Cairo Film Connection. My Father’s Scent is distributed in MENA region by Film Clinic Indie Distribution
My Father’s Scent is director M.Siam’s first feature narrative, he co-wrote the script with Ahmed Amer. Lensed by DOP Omar Abou Doma; scored by Layal Watfeh; and edited by Ahmed Hafez (Moon Knight, Clash) with production designer, Assem Ali and costume designer, Nayera El-